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romney's 47% remark. let's play it. here it is. >> there are 47% of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe that government has the responsibility to care for them, who believe that they're entitled to health care, and to food, to housing, to you name it. and they will vote for this president no matter what. and so my job is not to worry about those people. i'll never convince them. >> that is one tough ad. you're putting faces to those words. amie has the romney camp come up with any effective counter to it or is this going to be a theme for the next 38 days? >> i think it will be a theme for the next 38 days. they are trying to respond to it. you saw this week, he touted his health care law in massachusetts, which was a little awkward for him. but he's kind of showing that he does have an empathetic side. but meanwhile the obama campaign is also coming back. they're releasing new web ad this morning. they're slamming h
romney's 47% remark. let's play it. here it is. >> there are 47% of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe that government has the responsibility to care for them, who believe that they're entitled to health care, and to food, to housing, to you name it. and they will vote for this president no matter what. and so my job is not to worry about those people. i'll never convince them....
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romney's 47% remark. you're probably not going to want to hear this, rich, but let's play it. >> [ inaudible ] they believe they are victims. they believe the government has the responsibility to care for them. who believe that they're entitled to health care, food, housing, you name it. and they will vote for this president no matter what. so my job is not to worry about those people. >> i got to tell you, we've tossed this around with my production team. and there are few who don't think that this is one of the most damning ads out there. this is one that's going to stick around. how in the world? because you put these words to faces. rich, how does the romney camp counter this? >> i think you can't. you can't counter it. you just have to try to change the discussion. i mean, four years ago when the president then senator obama made that bone-headed remark about pennsylvanians he went on to win pennsylvania in the general election. so these things have sort of a half life. and we'll see whether it still
romney's 47% remark. you're probably not going to want to hear this, rich, but let's play it. >> [ inaudible ] they believe they are victims. they believe the government has the responsibility to care for them. who believe that they're entitled to health care, food, housing, you name it. and they will vote for this president no matter what. so my job is not to worry about those people. >> i got to tell you, we've tossed this around with my production team. and there are few who...
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he kind of made -- kind of pivoted on romney and made romney look bad in that way. >> amie, david, thank you very much. i appreciate you joining us this morning. >> thanks a lot. >>> more front page politics and the government shutdown avoided for now. the senate finalized a stopgap budget measure before adjourning after midnight. the house adjourned on friday. the earliest before an election. no progress made on preventing this so-called fiscal cliff. no farm bill either. members aren't going to return until after the november election. early in absentee voting begins in several states including the key battleground states of new hampshire, north carolina, and virginia. >>> and ann romney is safe after the plane that she was flying in made an emergency landing in denver on friday. an apparent electrical fire caused the cabin to fill with smoke. no one was injured. >>> today, the death toll has reached at least 20 people killed in pakistan during an angry demonstration against the youtube video that mocks islam. there were deadly clashes across pakistan, and this is the highest one-day d
he kind of made -- kind of pivoted on romney and made romney look bad in that way. >> amie, david, thank you very much. i appreciate you joining us this morning. >> thanks a lot. >>> more front page politics and the government shutdown avoided for now. the senate finalized a stopgap budget measure before adjourning after midnight. the house adjourned on friday. the earliest before an election. no progress made on preventing this so-called fiscal cliff. no farm bill either....
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let's go to mitt romney. what he needs to get to 270 in the big way. >> so the obvious one for mitt romney is to sweep the big three. if he sweeps 40i, virginia and florida, it's all three of those, he could lose colorado, lose nevada, lose new hampshire, lose wisconsin, lose all of those states, and he would still win, he would get there very narrowly but he would be over 270. >> okay. so you get flohva from mitt romney. but you also have a scenario that he can still win if he takes florida, only. >> yeah. it's a little complicated. but i went back to look and see, can he win with just winning one of those or just two of those three? no question, he could win with two of those three. but if he were to win with just florida, for example, he would have to do it by sweeping the west, nevada, and colorado, also take his state of new hampshire, where he owns a home, and win wisconsin, which paul ryan is on the ticket. a narrow path, but possible. >> okay. finally, there's that dreaded electoral college tie. do we
let's go to mitt romney. what he needs to get to 270 in the big way. >> so the obvious one for mitt romney is to sweep the big three. if he sweeps 40i, virginia and florida, it's all three of those, he could lose colorado, lose nevada, lose new hampshire, lose wisconsin, lose all of those states, and he would still win, he would get there very narrowly but he would be over 270. >> okay. so you get flohva from mitt romney. but you also have a scenario that he can still win if he...
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well mitt romney was quick to respond. here's what he said to the crowd at daytona beach, florida. >> they have no agenda for the future. no agenda for america. no agenda for a second term. it's a good thing, they won't have a second term. they have -- they've been reduced to petty attacks, and silly word games. >> new this morning politico reports president obama's campaign hauled in an election cycle best of $126 million in september. the romney camp said early this week it would raise about $170 million during september in conjunction with the rnc. the campaign has until tonight to formally file its september financial report. well, joining me now for more front page politics, white house reporter for "the washington post," david knack moor ra and white house correspondent for the hill, amie parnes. good to see you. >> good to see you. >> you heard the new phrase, amie, it's been an election year of these catch phrases. we've recently had binders full of women, 47%, now we have romnesia. what do you make of the presiden
well mitt romney was quick to respond. here's what he said to the crowd at daytona beach, florida. >> they have no agenda for the future. no agenda for america. no agenda for a second term. it's a good thing, they won't have a second term. they have -- they've been reduced to petty attacks, and silly word games. >> new this morning politico reports president obama's campaign hauled in an election cycle best of $126 million in september. the romney camp said early this week it would...
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the truth is that mitt romney did lie. we can't just let these things -- this campaign has been notable for the lack of truthfulness coming from the romney-ryan team. we just can't take that anymore without pushing back on it. >> you know, joe, one observation i made, joe, was that mitt romney looked like he had been an excellent student for the few days leading up to the event, that he had studied certainly prepared. it was almost like he was going through an oral board exam or something and he just shot back with facts and figures and the like. but you know, were all those facts and figures absolutely correct? a lot of people have been challenging them. >> well, i think they were. i think that there's a real effort on the part of candidates to be honest and accurate when they're engaged in a debate. of course, nobody has the capacity to have the written papered in front of them. so sometimes mistakes are made. but i think that the effort is made by candidates, certainly by mitt romney to get to tell it like it is and tel
the truth is that mitt romney did lie. we can't just let these things -- this campaign has been notable for the lack of truthfulness coming from the romney-ryan team. we just can't take that anymore without pushing back on it. >> you know, joe, one observation i made, joe, was that mitt romney looked like he had been an excellent student for the few days leading up to the event, that he had studied certainly prepared. it was almost like he was going through an oral board exam or something...
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it's a matter of romney turning iowa and obama keeping ohio and the other swing states going to romney. >> every state gets 1 vote in the hourpgs for president. yes, gargantuan california with 70 times the population of wyoming gets one vote and wyoming gets one vote. and you have to get 26 votes in order to be elected president. romney is likely to win that, but don't forget about the senate. the senate would have to decide the vice presidency. we think democrats look likely to get a majority of the senate, at least 50/50 where the tie being broken by a certain vice president who might be voting himself into office. so you could have a romney-biden administration. how is that for a my grain? >> let's talk about is senate because we haven't paid much attention to two very important senate races, which party do you think will have control and which individual races do we see changing? >> the democrats clearly have the edge, you take all 100 seats, we see 48 democrats, already in or very likely in versus 43 republicans, that leaves nine seats up for grabs. and those nine seats in our vie
it's a matter of romney turning iowa and obama keeping ohio and the other swing states going to romney. >> every state gets 1 vote in the hourpgs for president. yes, gargantuan california with 70 times the population of wyoming gets one vote and wyoming gets one vote. and you have to get 26 votes in order to be elected president. romney is likely to win that, but don't forget about the senate. the senate would have to decide the vice presidency. we think democrats look likely to get a...
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he's an old friend of mitt romney. he clearly wants mitt romney to win. he's doing whatever he can to help mitt romney win. a haoud barack said something about how president obama worked closely with the israelis and been one of the best leaders in recent times for the alliance between the united states and israel. so there are mixed signals coming out of israel in regards to the american presidential election. >> the american public has no appetite for another war. do you think saber rattling against iran and talking tough, do you think that might hurt mitt romney with voters? >> no, i don't think it will hurt mitt romney. i can't debate we have war fatigue in this country. i think americans can't sit back and watch an ambassador get slaughtered and not expect some kind of repercussions from america no matter what side of the aisle you stand on. >> megan, jonathan, ann. before i go to break, i do have time. i would like to hear your response to all of that as well. >> absolutely accurate. you know, when it comes to the jewish vote in particular in this c
he's an old friend of mitt romney. he clearly wants mitt romney to win. he's doing whatever he can to help mitt romney win. a haoud barack said something about how president obama worked closely with the israelis and been one of the best leaders in recent times for the alliance between the united states and israel. so there are mixed signals coming out of israel in regards to the american presidential election. >> the american public has no appetite for another war. do you think saber...
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and mitt romney is the candidate so we're going to move forward with mitt romney. >> chris, let me get you on the record here talking about the taxes. talking about what rick's saying, punishing success with mitt romney overpaying his taxes. not being asked by uncle sam to pay that much. what do you make of it for 2011? 14.1% when he could be a lot lower? >> well, i don't want to be cynical. but i'm going to be cynical that he -- let's say massage his taxes to make sure he did that. i mean, the problem with the taxes for governor romney goes to the heart of what the problem is with his campaign. and that is, when you believe, for example, that the wealthiest few need to pay less in taxes, that they should pay less than what average middle class americans pay, you have a fundamental problem. and so when rick and other republicans talk about congress, they talk about democrats not willing to compromise, they talk about the president not willing to compromise, well, here's the compromise. you have to agree to everything republicans want and that is what a compromise is. so if you agree fo
and mitt romney is the candidate so we're going to move forward with mitt romney. >> chris, let me get you on the record here talking about the taxes. talking about what rick's saying, punishing success with mitt romney overpaying his taxes. not being asked by uncle sam to pay that much. what do you make of it for 2011? 14.1% when he could be a lot lower? >> well, i don't want to be cynical. but i'm going to be cynical that he -- let's say massage his taxes to make sure he did that....
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mitt romney really struggled. now he is backtracking a little bit on what he said, changing his tone and again trying to get back to his topic on the economy where he feels like he's stronger. >> but also this is the second time he's really had a foreign policy blunder. so as a candidate this is where it's very tricky as a candidate to really get into foreign policy when elections are really about domestic issues. >> okay. susan i'm going to move onto the next topic with you. it is crunch time. another new poll out today show be president obama pulling ahead of mitt romney on the economy. the "new york times" cbs poll has president obama with a one-point lead on that issue. when that issue slips away from mitt romney, what is left? do you get any sense maybe panic may be a strong word, that was suggested earlier. but inside the romney campaign, concern? >> it's not panic. i think we saw at the very beginning of the week coming from a lot of conservatives out there saying he needs to stay on message. he needs to fo
mitt romney really struggled. now he is backtracking a little bit on what he said, changing his tone and again trying to get back to his topic on the economy where he feels like he's stronger. >> but also this is the second time he's really had a foreign policy blunder. so as a candidate this is where it's very tricky as a candidate to really get into foreign policy when elections are really about domestic issues. >> okay. susan i'm going to move onto the next topic with you. it is...
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obama was trying to link romney to bush. the speech is effective along those lines and will encourage the reporters and press to ask romney the question, how are you policies different than bush's? and it will be an effective speech for that reason. >> mitt romney has been saying the president is out of touch with the middle class. you advised tons of campaigns, how tough of a sell is that coming from a multimillionaire? >> it is not tough at all given the environment he's coming in. going into small towns, he's good on the one-on-one campaigning with folks. all the talk we have had with bane and all that, it doesn't mat tore the people he's reaching out to. the average person does know people need jobs. >> we are coming back with all of you to talk about your picks for best and worst weeks, so don't go too far. thank you very much. >>> meantime, egypt is voting in the final round of the historical presidential election. they are trying to decide who replaces the old regime, but many fear the changes this could bring. they o
obama was trying to link romney to bush. the speech is effective along those lines and will encourage the reporters and press to ask romney the question, how are you policies different than bush's? and it will be an effective speech for that reason. >> mitt romney has been saying the president is out of touch with the middle class. you advised tons of campaigns, how tough of a sell is that coming from a multimillionaire? >> it is not tough at all given the environment he's coming...
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and that's what makes this rough for romney. if this is simply a bump for the president, and it settles down to where the race was before the conventions, well then you have some room to operate. the scary thing for romney is, does this bump last for the president? it's clear he got one after the convention. you know, you see it in the state polls that we had. you've seen it in some national polls. does it settle back down to where things were preconvention or is this the new normal? that's what i think the romney campaign is fearful of and we'll see over the next week, you know, bumps usually do settle down. we'll see over the next week how does this foreign policy crisis impact the polling? next week we'll get a new round of polling nationally and in the states that i think will tell us a little bit about whether this bump is sustained and what the impact is on the foreign policy crisis. >> but these 2% of voters who are likely voters, but have yet to make up their minds, i mean is there anything that we can expect to happen t
and that's what makes this rough for romney. if this is simply a bump for the president, and it settles down to where the race was before the conventions, well then you have some room to operate. the scary thing for romney is, does this bump last for the president? it's clear he got one after the convention. you know, you see it in the state polls that we had. you've seen it in some national polls. does it settle back down to where things were preconvention or is this the new normal? that's...
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romney on the rise in ohio. president obama's lead in the swing state has nor rowed since the first debate. how crucial is the next three or four days? >> this is a very crucial period. mostly because time is running out. we're getting close to election day. the first thing is to appeal to the base vm this is about turnout in the election. and the second is to appeal to the small and shrinking group of undecided voters. can they move the needle with those voters in ohio and in other battleground states. >> thank you very much for your thoughts about the passing senator arlen specter. we'll have more discussion today, everyone. one of the country's leading legal scholars says the electoral college needs to go. he's going to kel us why. and we'll talk with a former white house insider who played a key role in advising the president. wooohooo....hahaahahaha! oh...there you go. wooohooo....hahaahahaha! i'm gonna stand up to her! no you're not. i know. you know ronny folks who save hundreds of dollars switching to ge
romney on the rise in ohio. president obama's lead in the swing state has nor rowed since the first debate. how crucial is the next three or four days? >> this is a very crucial period. mostly because time is running out. we're getting close to election day. the first thing is to appeal to the base vm this is about turnout in the election. and the second is to appeal to the small and shrinking group of undecided voters. can they move the needle with those voters in ohio and in other...
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who do you think woe pull more from, the president or mitt romney? >> more from mitt romney. it looks like it about two ghoirsd to mitt romney, third to president obama, at least that's what gary johnson's campaign thinks. i interviewed his campaign manager or consultant, roger stone, a couple of months ago, they think in places like arizona and colorado and nevada, the president looks pretty strong but pull a lot from mitt romney and help maybe even send arizona to president obama's column by pulling so much from mitt romney. interesting, you know, we move to you, morris, a lot of times, the third party candidates are called spoilers, you look at the 2000 election, al gore lost to george w. bush in new hampshire and new mexico, we have got ralph -- rather new hampshire, ralph nader just 22,000 votes there. john mccain lost to president obama in north carolina. bob barr got more than 25,000 votes there. do you think gary johnson could be siphoning off votes from the president in key swing states in 2012 like other third party candidates have done? >> no this is nonsense. this
who do you think woe pull more from, the president or mitt romney? >> more from mitt romney. it looks like it about two ghoirsd to mitt romney, third to president obama, at least that's what gary johnson's campaign thinks. i interviewed his campaign manager or consultant, roger stone, a couple of months ago, they think in places like arizona and colorado and nevada, the president looks pretty strong but pull a lot from mitt romney and help maybe even send arizona to president obama's...
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mitt romney failed it. he did not do what john mccain did in 2008 and strongly repudiate these types of attacks in this campaign environment. the president, on the other hand, does strongly disagree with those kinds of attacks. and faith and family are certainly going to be off-limits. >> i would ask the question of the rnc press secretary earlier this morning. because of the limitless resources and what citizens united has done for the availability of super pacs to become so powerful in the political arena. does it make them more powerful and hurt the work of the dnc, hurt the work of the rnc? and what you're trying to accomplish? >> well, again, the president has said that the citizens united decision was bad, it's opened the door to these types of blind donations from special interests and individuals who can contribute unlimited amounts of money. and inject this type of negative information into the campaign. but we're going to be focused on jobs and focused on the president's record. and we're going to
mitt romney failed it. he did not do what john mccain did in 2008 and strongly repudiate these types of attacks in this campaign environment. the president, on the other hand, does strongly disagree with those kinds of attacks. and faith and family are certainly going to be off-limits. >> i would ask the question of the rnc press secretary earlier this morning. because of the limitless resources and what citizens united has done for the availability of super pacs to become so powerful in...
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>> politico talking about romney and this will make mitt romney stronger. it's good. >> it's been a good show. thanks, everybody. that's a wrapup of this edition of "weekends with alex witt. how much in fees does your bank take to watch your money ? if your bank takes more money than a stranger, you need an ally. ally bank. no nonsense. just people sense. my dad and grandfather spent their whole careers here. [ charlie ] we're the heartbeat of this place, the people on the line. we take pride in what we do. when that refrigerator ships out the door, it's us that work out here. [ michael ] we're on the forefront of revitalizing manufacturing. we're proving that it can be done here, and it can be done well. [ ilona ] i came to ge after the plant i was working at closed after 33 years. ge's giving me the chance to start back over. [ cindy ] there's construction workers everywhere. so what does that mean? it means work. it means work for more people. [ brian ] there's a bright future here, and there's a chance to get on the ground floor of something big, someth
>> politico talking about romney and this will make mitt romney stronger. it's good. >> it's been a good show. thanks, everybody. that's a wrapup of this edition of "weekends with alex witt. how much in fees does your bank take to watch your money ? if your bank takes more money than a stranger, you need an ally. ally bank. no nonsense. just people sense. my dad and grandfather spent their whole careers here. [ charlie ] we're the heartbeat of this place, the people on the...
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romney. what are both camps saying ahead of the final debate, and what do you expect to see on monday? what's the attitude, what's the approach? >> well, alex, by all accounts this last debate is probably the least important because they've had two chances to make this impression and because it's about form policy which isn't what this campaign is primarily about. but that said, this is a very close election. so if one or the other has a very big moment or very bad moment, that could really change things. you don't need to change a whole lot of votes here, assuming there are really some undecided outside there. >> what do you think about that at this point in the race, rachel, what dana is saying it's probably not going to change anyone's minds unless there's a moment. >> unless there's a big gap. you can't really win but you can lose. expect to hear bin laden coming out a lot from president obama's mouth and libya from mitt romney. we did see president obama have a very good moment on libya
romney. what are both camps saying ahead of the final debate, and what do you expect to see on monday? what's the attitude, what's the approach? >> well, alex, by all accounts this last debate is probably the least important because they've had two chances to make this impression and because it's about form policy which isn't what this campaign is primarily about. but that said, this is a very close election. so if one or the other has a very big moment or very bad moment, that could...
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romney think they would get out? once again he's talking to a group of donors and supporters and something gets out. >> exactly. you know, it was a private call. he had every reason to believe it would remain private. but it was a call with donors, a call with about 400 donors. he's had sort of bad experiences in the past. so i imagine in the back of his mind it either was or should have been the idea that he wants this to be private but what he says could very quickly become public. >> you know, ashley, nefsht gop seems to be running faster than you're saying bolt away from romney and the remnants of his campaign. why did he feel the need to make more of the 47%-like comments? any idea? >> well again, some of his aides i talked to them afterward and they're frustrated with this idea, they said it's sort of typical romney. they admit that "gifts" was sort of a wrong word to use. he was being a little awkward and ineloquent. but he's speaking to a bunch of donors who in a way are like investors who have gotten what th
romney think they would get out? once again he's talking to a group of donors and supporters and something gets out. >> exactly. you know, it was a private call. he had every reason to believe it would remain private. but it was a call with donors, a call with about 400 donors. he's had sort of bad experiences in the past. so i imagine in the back of his mind it either was or should have been the idea that he wants this to be private but what he says could very quickly become public....
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because romney has spent the last two years debating republicans underestimate romney because romney has spent two years debating and president obama has not. he may be an underdog, but president obama has a lot of problems he's addressed between here and november. >> what do you think of this, jan? is it just a night over semantics and do you worry as well about the white house making hey omak making hay out of something that maybe was misspeaking, maybe it was a certain qualificatioquali. >> this is a statement in a long laundry list of statements mitt romney has made that show he's out of touch with the challenges people are facing. more importantly, nothing about his record or policies contradict this statement or the perception of him that he's out of touch whether it's fighting for tax cuts to the highest income or supporting a budget plan that would dramatically cut head start. that's the issue and that's what the race is about. >> okay. sit tight. patricia, you're first after the break. coming back with the mid three. a grateful 9/11 family member who thanks president obama f
because romney has spent the last two years debating republicans underestimate romney because romney has spent two years debating and president obama has not. he may be an underdog, but president obama has a lot of problems he's addressed between here and november. >> what do you think of this, jan? is it just a night over semantics and do you worry as well about the white house making hey omak making hay out of something that maybe was misspeaking, maybe it was a certain...
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romney is seizing on these. the question is, the votesers already know the economy is bad or whether this is a potent reminder to shift numbers. i do think both campaigns are aware as you see that pretty much by labor day people's feelings about the economy are going to be set. after labor day it's very hard to dramatically change people's minds. >> perry, what do you think is the best political approach for the president as we move forward? also, does the transcription bill hold potentir potential fo on jobs? >> it probably won't dramatically change the picture. no president has won in modern times with unemployment higher than 7.4%. the president will have to make history because it's pretty clear after yesterday that the unemployment will be higher than that on election die. what you're seeing is him arguing, not that the economy is doing great or going gangbusters, but he'll do better creating jobs than romney. >> anne, how about the meter which hasn't moved too much in the swing states either in the latest
romney is seizing on these. the question is, the votesers already know the economy is bad or whether this is a potent reminder to shift numbers. i do think both campaigns are aware as you see that pretty much by labor day people's feelings about the economy are going to be set. after labor day it's very hard to dramatically change people's minds. >> perry, what do you think is the best political approach for the president as we move forward? also, does the transcription bill hold potentir...
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in retrospect you wonder where in lie the surprise for the romney forces because consistently they showed in the targeted states in those nine swing states that this was going to be the outcome, but they were thinking that yard signs necessarily equated with votes when they didn't. they were measuring rally attendance when they should have been looking at hard data. and so it's all a part of what i said a moment ago and what karen is saying. it's a big country. you got to embrace it or it will do you in for future cycles because demographics are not on the side of the sgchgop. >> is there a character matt tick figure that can bring it back? >> part of what we did in 2005 in the after math 6 john kerry's loss,figure that can bring it b? >> part of what we did in 2005 in the after math 6 john kerry's loss, they're going through the same question. who is the leader of the sdmic party. and part of what we did frankly between governor dean and leadership in the house and the senate, we brought governors in and mayors in and kind of said how do we as a party better communicate our values. we lo
in retrospect you wonder where in lie the surprise for the romney forces because consistently they showed in the targeted states in those nine swing states that this was going to be the outcome, but they were thinking that yard signs necessarily equated with votes when they didn't. they were measuring rally attendance when they should have been looking at hard data. and so it's all a part of what i said a moment ago and what karen is saying. it's a big country. you got to embrace it or it will...
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it's interesting, too, in the days following that he stopped -- mitt romney stopped talking about it. i think that is a reflection of the fact that it was an issue that wasn't working for him. and that might be a cautionary tale for the republicans who are pursuing this today. >> i think he stopped talking about it after the debate when he was called out on it. john, we have the president in thailand today asked about reaching a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff. here's what he said about that. >> i'm confident that we can get our fiscal situation dealt. it's important to recognize that, yeah, democracy is a little messier than alternative systems of government. but that's because democracy allows everyone to have a voice. >> you know, to both of you actually the president is looking at a draft of this deal after the thanksgiving break. how realistic is that john and then amy? >> i'm not sure how quickly after thanksgiving there will be a deal but leaders were talking in an couraging way about getting a framework agreement before christmas and the end of the year that would outline where
it's interesting, too, in the days following that he stopped -- mitt romney stopped talking about it. i think that is a reflection of the fact that it was an issue that wasn't working for him. and that might be a cautionary tale for the republicans who are pursuing this today. >> i think he stopped talking about it after the debate when he was called out on it. john, we have the president in thailand today asked about reaching a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff. here's what he said about...
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that was mitt romney's biggest problem. and then i think it's also important to note that we've got to do something about military spending. we spend more than the top 20 nations in the world put together. it's ridiculous how much we spend. we've got to trim the military budget and, yes, we have to do entitlement reform. this cannot be a one-way street. this doesn't matter that we won the election. the republicans still control the house and they have a right to filibuster and the senate. we've got to be serious about reducing spending and in spending, just like in revenue, the mother load is in rates. in spending, the mother load is in entitlement reform. >> itch rrk can can i ask you about immigration reform. ? what sort of proposal do you think would get republican backing? >> i have no idea, alex. i'm not a policy guy and i'm certainly not an immigration guy. i do know that jewish w. bush got 40% or 42% of the latino vote when he ran for president but, more importantly, i think he got 60 something percent of hispanic vo
that was mitt romney's biggest problem. and then i think it's also important to note that we've got to do something about military spending. we spend more than the top 20 nations in the world put together. it's ridiculous how much we spend. we've got to trim the military budget and, yes, we have to do entitlement reform. this cannot be a one-way street. this doesn't matter that we won the election. the republicans still control the house and they have a right to filibuster and the senate. we've...